AUDITORS DECEIVED
MAN'S CLEVER FRAUDS (.'lever frauds by a man who rose from the position of clerk to become a director of a company were denounced recently when tne Criminal Appeal Court dismissed an appeal by Samuel Hughes against a sentence of live years' penal servitude passed at Swansea Assizes for forgery and falsification of accounts. Lord Hewart related that there were 2H counts covering frauds by Hughes for livo years. There were also 412 outstanding charges, which were not considered in his punishment because he would not admit having taken more than £BOOO.
Hughes rose from the position of clerk in a company to become the man in charge of the financial affairs of the concern. Then, witji money he stole by fraud, lie purchased shares, and became a director. His defalcations were concealed so cleverly that for some years he deceived the auditors. Although Hughes had not been previously convicted the sentence was a proper one, the Lord Chief Justice decided.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22628, 16 January 1937, Page 2 (Supplement)
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